TOURINFO-The “Yerevan 2800” silver collector coin introduced by the Armenian Central Bank in 2018 won the third place in the Coin of the Year category at the 13th International Contest “Coin Constellation-2019” in Russia.
“Coin Constellation-2019” accepted more than 220 coins issued in 2018, presented by 33 organizations from 22 countries. The winners of the contest were determined by the voting of the international jury. 
“Coin Constellation-2019” contest includes nine main categories: Unique concept, Best Artistic Solution, Original technology, The best circulating coin, Coin Classic, Souvenir coin, Silver Coin of the Year, Gold coin of the year, and Coin of the year.
Coin of the year
In this nomination, the international jury awarded the first place to “Excellence Boucheron” gold coin represented by Monnaie de Paris.
The second place went to the coin “100th Anniversary of the Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence” presented and minted at the Lithuanian Mint.
In the third place is the silver coin “2800th Anniversary of Yerevan foundation”. It was introduced by the Central Bank of Armenia and minted at the Lithuanian Mint.
Collector coins are made of precious metals and are issued to present the national, international, historical and cultural, spiritual and other values of the country, to immortalize these values in the metal and to meet the demands of the numismatic market.
Like any other currency, the collector coins have face value, which means they can be used as means of payment. However, the face value of these coins is much lower than their cost price, which includes the cost of the precious metal, used for manufacturing of the coin, mintage, and other expenses.
Low face value and high-cost prices allow these coins to be considered as the items of the collection and not the means of payment used in money circulation. The collector coins have also the sale price set by the Central Bank of Armenia.
As the items of the collection, the collector coins are issued in very restricted quantity and are never reissued.
Numismatists, collectors, and all interested persons can buy the Armenian collector coins in the sales salon “Numismatist” in the building of the Central Bank of Armenia and is open for everyone.
